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Yellow browed seedeater

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Subfamily
  
Carduelinae

Higher classification
  
Serinus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Fringillidae

Scientific name
  
Serinus whytii

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Crithagra Swainson, 1827

Similar
  
Serinus, Reichard's seedeater, Principe seedeater, Northern grosbeak‑canary, Black‑eared seedeater

The yellow-browed seedeater (Crithagra whytii) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.

The yellow-browed seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the yellow-browed seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.

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Yellow-browed seedeater Wikipedia